Telegram-herald., 1887-07-03

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he kest slgss korsss. and one of bls teams
sas ssrs laks. Il consisted q pair q hery
blacks. sflEA skin hks let. sad eyes which
nksiae1 wirA sg.srt
Mr. ilnoosR EEaazged al nlAtters relating
70 The hen>eAo'i and rba stables, and engaged
and dismissed the servants and she was not
the easiest Foasan - set along w2th, either.
! eas not nff coackmaa. however. During
lincoln sa4fnin lsf 1tion acted IS eoachmaa
Ter tie twp private secretSsi@s. Col john
Hay and Mr Aioo.ay. During the sdmia-
lstragion often bai 70 drive Mr. Lincoln here
aud there aud often fook him 20 tbs Soi1iers'
Eoue. he had troubled look during those
dsys, and talked bat little. Mrs Lincola kept
tie poorest horses OF any administration l
served uater"
ofASr's LOVE FOR HORSES
PresidentGEaat's love fer horses has become
proyerO!ai He lad besn noted as q horseman
long before be came 10 the White House, and
at the tifEle that be was elected he had stock
farm near St Louis, where, IL is said, he
kept mors then 100 horses. he drove the best
Of horseS Wills he was president, and hls Ia
sorites occupied "a large space Ia the news
paper literature Of the time
Grant vlAted his stables daily while be was
president, and il was during his administra-
ton that the present stables Of the White
House we're built They consist Of low
brick structure in the form OF the head OF 7,
the tive ears of which are used as carriage
houses, and the head OF which forms the stable
proper. Tie stalls are wide and roomy and
they are ltspt as clean as New England
kitchen Grant visited his horses after he
was through with the business of the day He |
saw that they had the best kind OF feed, and |
had them regularly exercised He did not |
allow any one to i'll treat them, and when |
driving always held the reins himself
President Arthur had number of rood |
horses in his stables. and he seldom drove |
about Washington without coachnan in |
livery. During the latter part of his term |
his doctors advised him TO take horseback |
rides, and be did this for q time When he |
left the White House bis horses were sold.
President Cleveland rides out IN his carriage !!
every afternoon. His coachman is. Albert |
Hawkins, tall, fine looking coiored man,
who sits IS straight as post, and who is
dressed in livery the color OF chamois skin
and trimmed with silver buttons. The presi-
dents coach horses are seal brown in color.
They have Howing names and tails, and are
or years of age.--Frank G. Carpenter in
Magazine Of American History.